中考英语知识点：否定意义的副词

一个包含否定词(或有否定意义的词)的副词(短语)可以放在“助动词+主语+主要动词”的前面来加以强调：

Nowhere can I find a cleaner place.(否定的地点副词或短语)

In no other land do I wish to live and die.

Neither from the north nor from the south does he come.

Only to Asia(=To no other places than Asia) can we export our goods

From the Middle East alone(=From no other areas than the Middle East) does this country obtain its oil.

Not until sixteen had this great writer learned to write.

(否定的时间副词或短语)

Never have I said anything to him.(正确)

No have I said anything to him.(错句，not虽为否定词，都必须用在短语中，不能单独这样用。)

No to anyone have I said anything.(正确)

No sooner had I touch the pillow than I fell asleep.

For only a few(= not many)months could my married life be called happy.

Less than a month have I learned to cook.

No a fig does he care!(程度副词或短语)

If you do not know her，much(even， still)less do I.

If you can't answer the question，no more can I.

Least of all could I kill anyone.

Hardly(or Scarcely)(=Not quite) had he seen me when he called out to me.

Never in all her life has she seen such a handsome man.

(频度副词或短语)

Rarely(or Seldom)(= Not often)did he notice such a matter.

Not infrequently may I get the permission to see the boss.

No longer can I stand his impudence.

By no means must you say that.(方式副词或短语)

Under(or In) no circumstances must anyone violate the rules.

Only by stealing can he make his living.

Only when one has enough to eat can one be honest.(副词+状语从句)

No though you made a request would he agree.

Hardly ever has there been any case like that.(注意there been的位置)

Never will there be any World War Ⅲ.

不过，要是一个短语，虽然包含否定词，却没有否定意义，句子仍用正常语序：

Not long(= A short time)ago I still saw him.(不要说did I still see him.)

Not many(= A few) months later， he came again.

Not infrequently(=Often) he told me the same story.

(也可说 did he tell…)

Not only she agreed，but also her husband said “yes”.

(也可说 Not only did she agree…)

尽管副词(短语)并不是否定的，间或也可有“副词(短语)+助动词+主语+主要动词”这样的语序：

In vain have I written all these articles.

From time to time has he said that，but nobody cares.

Still more was I impressed with her manners.

Many a night did John wait for her at the corner.

Of the fifty students，can only five pass this year.